That's a great point that I thought about a lot when writing this. I've always seen the characters in Smash as mascots, if that makes sense. They're drawn in broad strokes to be easily identifiable to people who might not know all the ins and outs of the characters as they appear in their respective franchises. I…

In Super Smash Brothers, when you select him as a combatant, the announcer shouts out "Link" as he does for the names of all the other characters in the fighter selection screen.

Beautiful! Yes.

Maybe Link is more of a descriptor or role than a name.

Pressure build up can easily cause the explosion.

This is not a sinkhole.

IF IT'S 'JUST' BREAD AND BUTTER WHY AM I DROOLING

They did announce this ahead of time. Although Zip speaks truth - many articles of this type have appeared in the past, covering everything from favorite unique artist by state to abortion clinics by state, the tendency to have politicized science articles shouldn't be coming as a surprise to anyone.

Io9 frequently covers articles dealing with various fields of science, including statistics. Shockingly enough, a couple of these might deal with American politics.

No word on what the wolves have planned for their next caper.

"The Physical Possibility of Inspiring Imagination in the Mind of Somebody Living."

Because the Mario Bros. live in Brooklyn when they aren't in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Do you really need to ask?

I truly hope this can be the thing that fills the Firefly shaped hole in my life.

Actually it is, the reality is the argument against Uber isn't entirely without merit. These are drivers picking up and delivering people to destinations without proper licensing. This causes liability issues, the main thrust of most urban centres is that the licensing on cabbies is in place to ensure the safety of…

I hate the term "sharing economy." It's not a sharing economy. It's a locust economy. Uber, Lyft, airbnb are sad signs of the times. Middle class people didn't used to have to drive around strangers or rent out rooms in their homes to make ends meet. This isn't innovation that's creating a bigger pie (or even a whole…

Who does he think this would this sway? Single issue voters?

This was a rather sensationalist headline. Art is not (just) about photorealism. Photorealism has its place in the artworld, but so do have other types of art. Banksy's strength is on the message, not the drawings. This reminded me of a daily cartoon that is very frequently featured on the curated tags of Tumblr.…

I continue to love bays movies. I agree that the previous three had a weak human cast and that AoE has a waaay better cast. I love it, they were more likable. Also Drift spoke in Haiku ONCE. I was almost upset that I thought goodmans bot was going to die but when he lived I was happy cause him, drift, and I forget the…

Dragon Ball. Anything by Uwe Boll.